Improvement in railroad-car couplings



H. J. BLAKESLEE.

Car Coupling.

Patented June 23, 1863."

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HOMER I. BLAKESLEE, OF CONCORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

IM PROVEMENT lN RAI LROAD-CAR. COU PLINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,939, dated June 23,1863.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HOMER I. BLAKESLEE, of Concord, in the county ofErie, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedBailroad-Car Coupling and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon.

AB represents the stock of my coupling. (See Figure 1, where my couplingis represented with all its parts adjusted in Working order.)

B is the opening, in which the link N enters.

E E is a sliding bolt, which slides freely through a collar, E. Thiscollar turns on a bolt, i, which passes through the stock A.

K is an arm on the collar H, with a slot, 8, on its projecting end.

F is a bolt. The upper end is shaped somewhat like a letter Y and thelower end passes down through the stock into the opening B, and when thecars are coupled through the link N.

D is a bolt, which passes through the Y-end of the bolt F and the slot.9 in the arm K of the collar H, as shown at L, Fig. 1.

C is a slot in the stock A, in which the bolt D moves freely up anddown.

Fig. 2 shows the sliding bolt E E, the collar H, the arm K, the slot 8,the coupling-bolt F, and the link N, as they would appear if the stockwas removed so as to show their adjustment. The link N has a handle, 0,which passes in the stock M. W is a bolt, which passes through a hole,X, in the link N. The handleC serves to keep the link N in the properposition to enter the opening B in the stock A. Now, when the cars arebrought together the linkN strikes the lower end of the sliding bolt EE, shoves it back and up through the collar H, which moves the arm Kdown and lets the bolt F drop through the link N, and the coupling iscomplete. It will be observed that this arrangement makes the couplingself-acting.

What I claim, as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is as follows-to Wit: 1

The sliding bolt E E, the collar H, the fallin g bolt F, the link N,when the same are constructed as described, and in the aforesaidcombination, for the purposes set forth.

HOMER I. BLAKESLEE.

Witnesses A. B. RICHMOND, W. B. BERL.

